Women's Track & Field

Nate Hoey is in his tenth year with the athletic staff at
Washington and Lee University. He currently serves as the head
coach for the women’s track and field program and as an
assistant coach with the women’s cross country
program.

2012 brought a strong campaign for the young Generals team. The
season was highlighted by a second place finish at the indoor
championships (just 18.5 points out of the title). The team had
four ODAC Champions crowned (mile, 400m hurdles, indoor and outdoor
pole vault). W&L garnered 31 All-ODAC performances and 12 new
school records were etched into the books. First-year Janay Fugate
set a new ODAC Championship meet record in the 400m hurdles.

During his first eight years with the University, Hoey served as
the director of running programs and head men’s and
women’s track & field coach. In this role, he took a
program that was finishing in the bottom of the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference and proceeded to lift the Generals’
running programs to new heights with both programs becoming
consistent conference contenders and sending numerous individuals
on to the NCAA National Championships and earning All-American
Honors.

Hoey guided the women’s team to an Old Dominion Athletic
Conference Indoor Championship title in 2009 and, in 2010, the
W&L men’s track & field team finished second overall
at the conference championships in both the indoor and outdoor
seasons, the program’s best finishes in better than 15
years.

Individually, Hoey’s athletes have excelled, breaking
school records a total of 192 times (16 conference records as
well), while 207 athletes have received all-conference recognition
for their performances. He has also coached W&L athletes to 85
conference championships, while his athletes have qualified for the
NCAA Division III National Championships a total of 25 times.
Additionally, 14 of his athletes have been named the ODAC Athlete
of the Year, while eight have been named the ODAC Rookie of the
Year in their sport.

Hoey has also mentored his athletes to All-America honors four
times, two in the heptathlon (Stacy Doornbos), one in the
pentathlon (Stacy Doornbos) and one in the 5,000 meters (Jessica
Shaw).

Hoey’s athletes have also excelled in the classroom, with
a grand total of 199 students earning W&L Scholar-Athlete
honors for achieving a 3.5 GPA or better in a term during the
school year. Additionally, 28 athletes have been named to the
USTFCCA Academic All-America teams and 19 times Hoey’s
athletes have been named the ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Three athletes have also received the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate
Scholarship.

For his efforts, Hoey has twice been named the ODAC Coach of the
Year (2008 & 2009). He was also honored as the NCAA
South/Southeast Region Coach of the Year by the USTFCCA twice
– for the women’s indoor season in 2009 and again for
the men’s indoor season in 2011.

Prior to his appointment at W&L, Hoey served as the
assistant cross country and track and field coach at West Chester
University in Pennsylvania. He was responsible for the development
of the men's and women's sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers.
In two seasons at the NCAA Division II school, he guided athletes
to one All-America and 18 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference Awards. His commitment to academic excellence was
demonstrated when the WCU Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams
earned National All-Academic Team recognition in 2001.

Hoey is a 2000 graduate of Slippery Rock University with a
degree in exercise and sport science. While at SRU he was a 13-time
All-Conference track and field athlete, three-time conference
champion, was twice named PSAC Athlete of the Year, and was a PSAC
record holder.

Hoey is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through
the National Strength and Conditioning Association, holds the Club
Coach Certification from USA Weightlifting, is a USA Track &
Field Level III Certified coach in the combined events and is a
Level II Certified Coach in the jumps, sprints, hurdles and relays.
He is also certified through the Pole Vault Safety Certification
Board, and is a certified Spring, Hurdle & Relay Event
Specialist through the USTFCCCA.

Hoey holds the rank of associate professor of physical education
at the University. He is married to Assistant Women’s Track
& Field Coach and Head Women's Cross Country Coach Kris Hoey.
The couple reside in Rockbridge County with their daughter, Chase
Maya.